I don't own Harry Potter. This fanfic was inspired by a song but it is not a song fic.
Harry P.O.V
"Time for bed Lily," I say to my yawning daughter. Both of my sons are at Hogwarts and Ginny is with her mother so it is just me and my little angel. "Daddy can you tell me a story?" "Of course sweetie. Go get in your pyjamas and get in your bed and I will tell you a story." She runs to her room to get ready for bed as I think of the story I am going to tell my daughter. I have told the stories by Beedle the Bard so many times my children know them by heart. But I have an idea. I go into Lily's room and see her under her covers ready for a story. "You ready sweetie?" She nods. I pull up a chair and sit by her bed.
"I met 3 brothers one time. And they thought could use their magic to beat me by creating a bridge over a river that many died in. But I am Death and I am sly as well as cunning. I blocked their paths and said to them, "Brave, cunning brothers oh what do you ask. I will give each of you a prize and let you go on your way." The eldest brother came up to me and demanded a wand that could not be defeated. So I broke a branch off an elder tree and fashioned a wand. Then I bid him farewell and he left without a second's hesitation. That night the brother won a fight against someone who fought him long ago. But he was a fool, he boasted on how he could not be beaten. But that night someone took the wand and killed for good measure. I took the first brother as my own.
The second brother begged for the power to bring others back from the dead. So I picked up a stone from the riverside and told him turn it 3 times and it would bring back the one he loved most. When he returned to his home in the countryside he turned the stone 3 times and his bride appeared before him. But she was not alive and whole. He drove himself crazy with longing and killed himself to join her. I took the second brother as my own.
The third brother was wise, for he did not trust me. He kindly asked me for something to protect him from this point on. With reluctance I gave him my Invisibility Cloak. He hid from me for years until he was old and gave the cloak to his son. When he died I took him, but not as my own, we left together as equals."
I glance over at Lily and see her sound asleep. I kiss her head as I pull the blanket around her. "Good night sweetie." I turn off the light and close the door leaving her to her dreams.
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